Overview

Appen collects and labels data used to build and continuously improve the world’s most innovative artificial intelligence systems. With expertise in more than 180 languages, a global crowd of over 1 million skilled contractors, and the industry’s most advanced annotation platform, Appen works with leading companies and governments worldwide.

We're looking for experienced linguists to lead teams of annotators and help process language data for conversational understanding technologies.

You are the right candidate if you know that language data is the underpinning of all current language technologies. You love practical language analysis as well as theoretical. You're quick to learn and implement new label sets. You are a native-level speaker of the required language.

Start date: January 2020

Duration: 40 hrs weekly through the calendar year

Benefits: available based on role location

Successful candidates must be able to work full-time at client sites in one of the following areas: the San Francisco Bay area, the Seattle/Redmond area, or the greater London area. Onsite periods will last three to six weeks per client needs; otherwise, work can be performed remotely.

Experience with basic programming techniques and familiarity with languages such as Java, Python, PHP, Perl, and C#

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.